What's so good about the Sopranos?

Hey Guys

I started watching the sopranos a little while ago and honestly I don't see what's so great about it. It's ok, but it moves even slower than goodfellas and it's nowhere near as good or interesting. Anyway I got to episode 8 and switched to Dexter which is waaaaayyyy better IMO. So what is so good about the Sopranos? Is it just one of those shows that takes a while to get good? BTW, the mother and his wife/preist are fawking annoying. His mother is by far, the most annoying character I've ever watched on TV (might I remind you of sherona from monk, claire from lost, or fran from the nanny)

"1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS. "
- Ron Paul

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered."
- Thomas Jefferson

I love mob stuff so its a shoe-in for me. But HBO does good tv. First season of anything you need to stick with it for the hook. Its just a good mob show that shows how they'd operate today and the family stuff is sort of interesting too. Tony Soprano was a bad muthafuuca

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.

Looks like a show with a bunch of fat Italians... Seems lulzy based on that alone.

Not really funny at all, a little comic relief here and there, but what show doesn't have that? BTW, from your AVI are you a LOST fan?

Originally Posted by heavyliftset

I love mob stuff so its a shoe-in for me. But HBO does good tv. First season of anything you need to stick with it for the hook. Its just a good mob show that shows how they'd operate today and the family stuff is sort of interesting too. Tony Soprano was a bad muthafuuca

By hook, do you mean the season finale or something? Or a twist at the end of season, because half way through the first season I'm not hooked at all

"1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS. "
- Ron Paul

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered."
- Thomas Jefferson

If you are going to watch the Sopranos watch the Non A&E version. It's way too water down and it makes it a whole different show.

watched online. Got full 1hr episodes and no censors, still didn't think much of it.

"1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS. "
- Ron Paul

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered."
- Thomas Jefferson

I'm not going to post anymore clips. The show had everything. Listening to the characters interact with each other was hilarious. Silvio was another character that was fun to watch interact with others. Shocking, yep that too. I remember Tony smashing Coco's face, wow!!

I started watching the sopranos a little while ago and honestly I don't see what's so great about it. It's ok, but it moves even slower than goodfellas and it's nowhere near as good or interesting. Anyway I got to episode 8 and switched to Dexter which is waaaaayyyy better IMO. So what is so good about the Sopranos? Is it just one of those shows that takes a while to get good? BTW, the mother and his wife/preist are fawking annoying. His mother is by far, the most annoying character I've ever watched on TV (might I remind you of sherona from monk, claire from lost, or fran from the nanny)

One of the best non comedy shows I've ever seen besides Spartacus. to each his own tho

Me too man, I really believe Pine Barrens was the GOAT tv episode. I love driving all over NJ and noticing places where they filmed Sopranos.

I wish the show lasted longer, but I'll be honest the last 2 seasons were going downhill. Seasons 2,3, and 4 were the golden years. 1 and 5 were good. Season 6 part I and part II were ehhhh they didn't get good til the big finale.

I'm not going to post anymore clips. The show had everything. Listening to the characters interact with each other was hilarious. Silvio was another character that was fun to watch interact with others. Shocking, yep that too. I remember Tony smashing Coco's face, wow!!

Me too man, I really believe Pine Barrens was the GOAT tv episode. I love driving all over NJ and noticing places where they filmed Sopranos.

I wish the show lasted longer, but I'll be honest the last 2 seasons were going downhill. Seasons 2,3, and 4 were the golden years. 1 and 5 were good. Season 6 part I and part II were ehhhh they didn't get good til the big finale.

funny thing with me is the only episode I saw air live was the finale, all the hype around it caught my attention so I decided to watch it. I then realized what I had been missing for so many years so I downloaded all the seasons and ran through them in about a week. amazing.